Otago

Parking wardens in Dunedin have recorded 18 incidents of violence or abuse in one month.

Threatened provincial newspapers are being defended as 'vital' by community leaders, who say they are essential for democracy.

Disability services provider IHC is betraying its families and its principles, say parents of adults with intellectual disabilities. Audio

Police have found the body of Dunedin woman Nicola Hedley, who had been missing for nearly three days.

Otago University students are being warned they need to notify the university before throwing large parties.

About 250 ski field staff still need accommodation despite a plea from a field operator for locals to house workers which has been taken up by 50 homeowners. Audio

Space agency Nasa has launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport this morning - with an Anzac poppy on board.

Water flow demands by Otago Regional Council would dry up an iconic river in the Maniototo every summer, a group of local farmers says.

A 24-year-old Queenstown man is in hospital with a suspected skull fracture after his head was stomped on in a street attack.

Aurora hunters who were treated to an unusually intense and widespread display of the Southern Lights over the weekend could strike it lucky again tonight. Audio

Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee is refusing to say whether or not international defence and intelligence leaders are meeting this week in Queenstown.

A paraglider who crashed and died in central Queenstown yesterday was a qualified and experienced tandem pilot, his employer says.

A person has died after crashing while parapenting in Queenstown, police say.

Naming rights are on the table for a rare native jewelled gecko at Otago Museum.